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    The City of Dreadful Night
    The City of Dreadful Night
    The City of Dreadful Night
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    The City of Dreadful Night

    By James Thomson

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateSep 1, 1994
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    James Thomson

    JAMES THOMSON has spent a decade introducing students to the joys of building with earth with House Alive, one of the leading natural building training organizations in North America.

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      1188. The City of Dreadful Night, by James Thomson (Oct 1, 1972) Years ago I heard that this was the most doleful poem in the English language. So I long wanted to read it, and when I found a single 52-page volume of the poem I read it. I got nothing out of it. It never seems real--yes, it is dolorous--but how can one be sad over nothing? Ulalume by Edgar Allan Poe is sadder.

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